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Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders

By : Niklas Sundberg
Book Image

Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders

By: Niklas Sundberg

Overview of this book

We are at a critical point in human history. Humanity is under threat, but all is not lost. We can take action! But how? Sustainable IT Playbook for Technology Leaders will show you how. It will walk you through the construction and implementation of a sustainable IT strategy and enable you to do your bit for the future of mankind. The book is split into three parts. Part I details the “why” and the clear and present danger that humanity faces today: the climate crisis. How did we get here, what are the immediate threats, what are the planetary boundaries that we need to peel back to safe levels, and what impact does IT have on society at large? Part II will focus on the "what.” It examines the nitty-gritty details of what we can do to unlock significant returns on sustainable investments toward a more sustainable future. Part III, the final part of the book, focuses on the “how.” How do you turn your ideas into action? What do you need to do to establish your baseline and your direction of travel towards your objective? This part provides tangible case studies and explains how you can start your journey today to begin delivering global and impactful objectives. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to plan, implement, and communicate a sustainable IT strategy and set yourself apart as a progressive technology leader.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Part 1: Why Is Sustainable IT Important?
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Part 2: What Are Sustainable IT Practices?
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Part 3: How Do You Accelerate Sustainable IT?

Creating your own sustainable IT strategy

This section will give you the tools to create a sustainable IT strategy. Just like in Chapter 10, Get Started Today, we will use a global process manufacturing model company with 10,000 employees. The examples you will see in this section have been compiled from companies with leading ESG ratings, best practices, wider research, and my experience. We will not focus on external environment input, such as sustainability trends, drivers for a corporate sustainability plan, or ESG considerations for IT since this was covered in detail in Chapter 2, Rise of Sustainable IT. Since the business environment is very specific to a particular company, I have decided to leave it out. Instead, we will focus on the internal environment and inputs from a hypothetical materiality assessment, enterprise sustainability goals and priorities, and the enterprise sustainability strategy. Hopefully, you already have an enterprise sustainability strategy you can leverage...